1931 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles

April 2022 July 2023 1931 U.S. National Championships USA Helen Wills Moody GBR Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–4, 6–1 First-seeded Helen Wills Moody defeated Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–4, 6–1 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1931 U.S. National Championships.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York City] 978-0942257700 2nd 469 Wills Moody won the tournament without losing a set.18 August 1931 California-England Duel Highlight of Women's National Brooklyn Times-Union https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/544668268/?match=1&terms=wills%20moody 30 September 202419 August 1931 Photo section The New York Daily News https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/newspage/413980342/ 30 September 202420 August 1931 Photo section The New York Daily News https://nydailynews.newspapers.com/newspage/413994066/ 30 September 2024 Seeds The tournament used two lists of eight players for seeding the women's singles event; one for U.S. players and one for foreign players. Helen Wills Moody is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide for 1932 1932 American Sports Publishing New York 16 Irving Wright Irving WrightFive California Players Seeded in Tennis Event https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tbk-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=nEwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6299%2C4981478 The Tuscaloosa News AP August 14, 1931 9 USA 1912 Helen Wills Moody (champion) USA 1912 Helen Jacobs (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Anna McCune Harper (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Marion Zinderstein Jessup (third round) USA 1912 Marjorie Morrill (second round) USA 1912 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (second round) USA 1912 Dorothy Weisel (quarterfinals) USA 1912 Josephine Cruickshank (third round) GBR Betty Nuthall (semifinals) GBR Phyllis Mudford (semifinals) GBR Dorothy Round (third round) GBR Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (finalist) GBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (quarterfinals) GBR Joan Ridley (third round) GBR Elsie Goldsack Pittman (third round) ITA 1861 Baroness Maud Levi (first round) Draw Final eight 220 USA 1912 Helen Wills Moody 1 GBR Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (4) 6 4 6 1 USA 1912 Helen Wills Moody 1 GBR Phyllis Mudford (2) 6 2 6 4 GBR Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (4) GBR Betty Nuthall (1) 6 2 3 6 6 4 USA 1912 Helen Wills Moody 1 USA 1912 Dorothy Weisel 7 6 1 6 2 USA 1912 Anna McCune Harper 3 GBR Phyllis Mudford (2) 6 4 3 6 2 6 USA 1912 Helen Jacobs 2 GBR Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (3) 6 3 3 6 6 8 GBR Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (5) GBR Betty Nuthall (1) 2 6 1 6 RD1-score7-3 References 1931 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 1932 Australian Championships – Women's singles 1931 Category:1931 in women's tennis Category:1931 in American women's sports Wom